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Chapter 412~413 Jutland

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The United States entered the First World War prematurely, purely politically, economically, and militarily, and was forced by the Chinese Empire to no avail. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ&*。 Net. Fastest Update**

Ten years after the First World War, the Imperial Government of China freely admitted this.

The entry of the United States into the war had a huge impact on the situation in Europe. The Entente side was greatly excited, and with the support of a large number of US troops and military supplies, the military and economic pressure on the Allied countries was greatly relieved.

For the Allies, the U.S. entry into the war made matters worse. In addition to the fact that the powerful economic aggregate of the United States exceeds the total economic aggregate of the Allied countries combined, in terms of military strength, the powerful naval strength accumulated by the United States and the Chinese Empire after a super-large-scale arms race has even surpassed that of the British Navy, and the combined naval strength of Britain, France, and the United States is more than three times the naval strength of Germany.

The German General Staff Headquarters was extremely panicked about the United States' entry into the war, and immediately convened an emergency imperial meeting to discuss countermeasures.

"Unless the Chinese Empire is willing to go to war, no country can stop and contain the United States."

"But we've lobbied many times, and to no avail."

"In order to make money, the Chinese Empire will not easily enter the war."

"What then? The strength of the United States is too strong, and the total tonnage of its naval warships has surpassed that of Britain, and once Britain and the United States form a joint fleet, the Imperial High Seas Fleet will not be able to stop it at all. ”

"Even if the Imperial Navy barely stops it, even if the United States cannot break the deadlock in Europe by entering the war, with the strong economic strength of the United States, the Empire will be collapsed by fighting attrition."

"Yes! Twenty-eight months after the outbreak of the Great War, the Empire's fiscal deficit has reached 200%, the war has consumed 8 billion gold marks (about 6 billion US dollars), light industry and agriculture are on the verge of bankruptcy, and the gross value of heavy industry has increased by 420%, but all of it has been consumed by the war, strictly speaking, the imperial economy has been set back for ten years. ”

Everyone said that they were worried about the prospects of the war.

Treasury Minister Cork said: "At present, the empire's economy is highly inflationary, and the value of the mark has been tripled, and it is all dependent on importing materials from the Chinese empire to stabilize the market, otherwise it will not be more than 10 times the value of the empire." ”

Seeing that Wilhelm II's face was not good, Prime Minister Bilo hurriedly said: "Okay, it's useless to say this, the most critical issue now is how to deal with the next war." ”

Moltke Jr., chief of staff, said: "In terms of the combat effectiveness of the US Army, our Army is still confident, but I don't know if the Navy can withstand it?" ”

Moltke Jr. looked at Admiralty Tirpitz and sneered to himself, as if he wanted to see this sycophant when he was sad.

Tirpitz was naturally quite sad, because he knew that the American Navy was a great force, and in conjunction with the British Navy, the German Navy was no match at all.

However, in front of the Kaiser, he must not pretend to be a bear, and it is necessary to die to save face.

"So what? Our navy is confident that it will hold the imperial seas. ”

Moltke took the opportunity to sarcastically say: "Is it just to defend the sea frontier?" It has to be fought out, and the powerful fleet that the empire has spent tens of billions of marks to build does not seem to have achieved any results so far. ”

Tirpitz glared at Moltke angrily and retorted: "Our navy already has a strategy to break the deadlock, you don't have to worry about that. ”

Little Moltke was suddenly surprised, and Wilhelm II hurriedly asked, "Really?" Tell me about it! ”

Tirpitz actually had no bottom in his heart, but the Kaiser asked, and he had to reply stubbornly: "Your Majesty, we are planning to break through the blockade of the British Navy and enter the Atlantic to fight. At present, there are already some eyebrows, and negotiations are being made with the Chinese Empire. ”

William Qi said: "What? Is the Chinese Empire going to war? ”

"There's no sign yet!" Tirpitz sighed for a moment, and then explained: "However, the contradiction between the Chinese Empire and the United States is no less than the contradiction between us and Britain, and it is only a matter of time before a major war breaks out between China and the United States. Now that the United States has joined the Entente side, then the Chinese Empire will definitely not join the Entente. ”

Finance Minister Cork added: "This has been confirmed by our ambassador to China, Hai Jing. The Chinese Empire was very dissatisfied with the Allied Powers' acceptance of the United States into the war, and said that it would reduce the export of 'urgently needed' materials to the Entente Powers, and at the same time increase the number of strategic materials exported to our Allied camp. ”

Everyone nodded, delighted.

Tirpitz continued: "We are in talks with the Chinese Empire to import the most advanced submarine of the Chinese Empire, which is currently the most powerful submarine in the world, and it will be difficult for British anti-submarine destroyers to destroy it." Once we have negotiated, it will not take much, as long as the Chinese Empire is willing to sell us 50 of these submarines, within three months we will completely destroy the British sea supply lines. ”

Wilhelm II nodded and said, "Then negotiate as soon as possible, and be sure to get this kind of submarine." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Tirpitz seemed to have confidence, and in order to hit Moltke Jr., he deliberately broke the news: "At the same time, we have discovered a special fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy in the intelligence department of the Chinese Empire. ”

Everyone immediately looked at Tirpitz curiously, only to see that he had sold enough before explaining: "We found that the special department called the electronic warfare special service fleet within the Chinese Imperial Navy, this department has 12 warships with very special code names, and the tasks performed are also very special, there are signs that this unit can intercept radio signals and decipher the radio code, and what is even more terrifying is that the radio systems of the British Navy ships suddenly failed during the Singapore Naval War. It is said that it was done by a hunting ship named Pipa Spirit, and the name of this destroyer appears precisely in the formation of this electronic warfare special service fleet. ”

Wilhelm II asked: "Is there any more definite information?" ”

Tirpitz replied: "At present, we are further contacting the Chinese Empire through Major Stein, the naval attaché in China, and the warships of this fleet are very special, all of which come from the monster names in the classical novel "Journey to the West" of the Chinese Empire, such as the White Bone Spirit, the Pipa Spirit, the Scorpion Spirit, the Red Python Spirit, the Spider Spirit, the Jade Rabbit Spirit, etc., these names represent another supernatural force, from which we can guess the importance of this special fleet. ”

Wilhelm II did not understand the Journey to the West of the Chinese Empire, so Foreign Secretary Shen Ke explained: "Your Majesty, the monsters in the Journey to the West of the Chinese Empire are similar to the dark evil forces in our Norse mythology. ”

Moltke said: "In this way, this special service fleet should be disgraceful, specializing in some despicable things such as sneak attacks. ”

William continued to ask, "What did the Chinese Empire say?" ”

Tirpitz replied: "The Chinese Empire claims that this is an ordinary communication ship, and they have repeatedly covered up the truth, but we can be sure that this fleet is certainly unusual. Among them, the White Bone Spirit and the Jade Rabbit Spirit have been cruising in the North Sea and the Mediterranean, and we have tried to board the ship many times, but we have been refused. A few times when our cruisers approached them, they found that our radio system would suddenly fail, and we found that every time our navy or the Allied navy operated, we always encountered the warships of the Chinese Empire nearby, although they were only neutral observers, but this is too much of a coincidence, even if it is our top secret operation, the Chinese Imperial Navy will know all about it, I suspect that this special service fleet of the Chinese Empire is dedicated to collecting our radio intelligence, and even they have deciphered our radio code. ”

Wilhelm II was immediately dissatisfied: "From this point of view, the last time there was a war in the North Sea, it was the Chinese Empire that deliberately leaked the information to the British?" ”

Tirpitz shook his head and said, "Absolutely not! If it was really the Chinese Empire that leaked information about our actions, then our battle cruiser detachment would not be able to return at all, and it would definitely be completely annihilated. ”

Wilhelm II thought about it too, and only then did he lose his anger.

Little Moltke snorted coldly: "You said so much, they are all advanced equipment of the Chinese Empire, but it's a pity that they don't export to us, what's the use of being greedy?" ”

Tirpitz smiled: "At this point, the chief of staff, please rest assured!" We have basically persuaded the Chinese Empire through many contacts and negotiations with the Chinese Empire, and now they have relented and said that they will help us break through the blockade of the British Navy. ”

Kaiser Wilhelm II was amazed and asked, "They agreed?" Why not report it early? ”

Tirpitz explained: "Your Majesty is angry, our navy has just made progress, and I thought that I would surprise your Majesty after the negotiations are completed." (Baidu search "Net" to watch the latest update of this book)"

Wilhelm II was immediately overjoyed and said: "Great, as long as we break through the blockade of the British Navy and enter the Atlantic to fight before the arrival of the American Navy, then we will save the situation." ”

"I hope so!" Moltke was a little unhappy to see Tirbitz's smugness.

At the same time, in the Qinzheng Hall of the Forbidden City, the Chinese Emperor Wang Chenhao was holding the third imperial meeting, and the topic was still around the world situation after the United States entered the war.

The entry of the United States into the war made Wang Chenhao feel a little sudden, but thinking that the United States' trade with Europe had been robbed by the Chinese Empire, he would not be able to eat the big cake of Europe if he did not enter the war. Perhaps the Chinese Empire suppressed the American economy so much that the United States was forced to choose the path of entering the war to break the Chinese Empire's trade monopoly on Europe.

"Your Majesty!" Defense Minister Wang Shizhen interrupted Wang Chenhao's thoughts and said: "The minister thinks that there is no need to care about the opposition of the United States and the mediation of the Entente, and he should immediately organize a strong force to land in the main state and capital of the Japanese State, completely make the Japanese Kingdom submit, and then consider the attitude of the United States." ”

Prime Minister Zhang Feng said: "The fact that the Entente insisted on allowing the United States to join the Entente camp despite the opposition of the Empire has already shown the great dissatisfaction of the Entente with the Empire. The Reich has seen through the fact that it has stepped on two ships and supplied military equipment and strategic materials to the Entente and the Central Powers at the same time, and they do not want to be manipulated by the Reich anymore, and the purpose of bringing the United States into it is to break the Reich's strategic deployment in Europe. At present, with the strong military strength and economic ability of the United States, and the fact that the Entente has obtained a large amount of military equipment and technology from the Empire, there is no need for the help of the Empire now, so if a conflict breaks out between the Empire and the United States, the Entente will definitely stand on the side of the United States, unless the Empire wants to join the Allied camp and participate in the world war, it will have to give face to the United States and the Entente and temporarily give up attacking the Japanese State. ”

Wang Chenhao turned to Chancellor of the Exchequer Song Hanzhang and asked, "How much wealth has the empire earned from the European war in the past two years?" ”

Song Hanzhang hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, as of March this year, the empire has obtained a gross profit of about 8 billion dragon coins in 28 months through the export of weapons and equipment and strategic materials to various belligerents in Europe, which directly drove the empire's GDP to grow by about 370%, and last year's annual GDP reached 20.3 billion dragon coins, exceeding the United States by 4.9 billion US dollars. The GDP reached 5.7 billion dragon dollars in the first quarter of this year, and if this growth rate is maintained, the national product will reach 24 billion dragon dollars by the end of this year, but if the Entente countries stop importing materials from the empire, then this year's GDP can maintain the level of last year. ”

Song Hanzhang didn't give any explanation, just took out the economic figures he had calculated, which was enough for everyone to understand.

"See?" Wang Chenhao said: "If they don't give face to the Entente countries this time, they will have an excuse to give up importing materials from the empire and instead import materials from the United States on a large scale, which will cause the empire a loss of nearly 4 billion dragon coins throughout the year." ”

The fat of 4 billion dragon coins sounds covetous, and it would be a pity if you throw it away.

Wang Shizhen said: "However, even if we accommodate the Entente, will the Entente continue to import materials from the Empire?" The United States will definitely not do it, and they are bound to get a piece of the pie. ”

Zhang Feng explained: "Although the Entente will definitely import a large number of materials from the United States, and it is estimated that half of the cake of four billion dragon coins will be snatched by the United States, at least we still have two billion dragon coins of cake to eat, which is also a huge amount of foreign exchange income, is it a pity to lose it?" ”

Wang Shizhen argued: "However, the attack on the Japanese State cannot be stopped!" If the Japanese state is allowed to breathe, it will still be the gatedog that the United States will put at the door of the empire in the future, and if this opportunity is missed, the United States' military strength will grow, and it will probably be even more difficult to solve the nail of the Japanese state in the future. ”

Zhang Feng said: "The military is the continuation of politics, and the political game should be carried out around the core interests of the empire. Our current war against the Japanese can be said to be a loss-making business, a battle of Kyushu, we lost more than 100 million dragon coins, and if the war is stopped, at least we can get two billion dragon coins from the Entente trade income, these two compared, two billion dragon coins can make the people of the empire work hard for two years less, and the gap with the developed countries in the West is further narrowed, this is the core interests and strategic goals of the current empire, and it is also the priority national development policy formulated by His Majesty, which cannot be changed. ”

Zhang Feng's words were so brilliant that Wang Shizhen could not refute them, and even Wang Chenhao could not overturn the national development policy he had set for the imperial government.

Although the Chinese Empire has achieved remarkable results on the whole after 20 years of development, ranking first in the world in terms of gross national product and surpassing the United States in terms of gross industrial production last year to become the world's largest industrial power, the Chinese Empire has a large population, and the average gross national product of 450 million is not as good as that of the Netherlands in Europe, and although the United States was fully surpassed by the Chinese Empire in terms of gross national product and gross industrial production last year, the United States has only 100 million people, and on average per capita is three times that of the Chinese Empire. This gap cannot be caught up in a year or two.

At the beginning, Wang Chenhao set the tone for the empire's national development strategy, focusing on economic development and supplemented by the military. But now things are changing so fast that the Chinese Empire is also involved in large-scale military expansion, which affects the speed of the development of the empire's national economy.

Originally, Wang Chenhao successfully provoked a war in Europe, which broke out at the end of 1912, and he originally estimated that the world war would take at least six or seven or eight years, so that Europe would be further weakened, and the Chinese Empire would catch up with the level of the developed countries in the West in one fell swoop after making a lot of war money.

It can be said that Wang Chenhao's idea is very correct and shrewd, but it is a pity that the plan cannot catch up with the changes, and the Yankees were forced by Wang Chenhao to participate in the world war in advance, which led to the obstacles that Wang Chenhao originally designed the plan.

However, Wang Chenhao also does not want the Japanese devils at the door to have a chance to make a comeback, as Wang Shizhen said, now the United States is not as strong as the Chinese Empire, so the United States chooses to show weakness, once the United States joins the European War, the United States will grow up rapidly in the war, with the economic and industrial strength of the United States, a strong American team can be created in a short period of time, and then if you want to move Japan, the United States will definitely say no.

"Will it be possible to force Japan to submit in a short period of time?"

Seeing Wang Chenhao relieved, Wang Shizhen hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, we have formulated a decapitation operation, the army will use 5 elite armies, the navy will dispatch a four-aircraft carrier battle group, an elite marine division, the air force will dispatch 2,000 fighters, 600 bombers, and Weichen will seconded the First Armored Division of the Royal Praetorian Guard, the First Airborne Division, and the Third Special Operations Brigade of the Royal Forest Army to His Majesty, and Wechen will guarantee to capture Tokyo within ten days." ”

Zhang Feng immediately frowned and said: "You are very calculating, even His Majesty's Praetorian Guard and Imperial Forest Army want to use it, don't you know that it is the last line of defense of the empire?" Is it disregarding the safety of His Majesty and the capital? ”

Wang Shizhen suddenly said: "Isn't this a discussion with Your Majesty?" ”

Zhang Feng said mercilessly: "You just discussed with the queen and transferred the Yulin Army to the front line." ”

As the Imperial Guard, the Royal Forest Army and the Royal Yulin Army defending the capital of Gyeonggi, the Praetorian Guard is composed of elite troops drawn from the main forces from all over the country, with a total of four armored divisions and mechanized infantry divisions of the two countries, stationed in Nanyuan and Beiyuan, and has strong combat effectiveness.

The Imperial Forest Army defends the imperial city, with only one infantry regiment, one chariot regiment, and one special operations brigade. The Yulin Army guarded the Forbidden City, with only reinforced battalion troops, but all of them were women, under the direct jurisdiction of the Empress.

The selection system of the Imperial Forest Army and the Yulin Army is different, and they are all composed of the children of 5 million civil servant families in the empire, and it can be said that they are all children of official eunuchs. This system was the order of the entire bureaucracy of the empire to unite closely around the emperor and the imperial family, and to ensure the continuation of the imperial monarchy forever.

Of course, the existence of selfish motives of these bureaucrats cannot be ruled out. When their children reach the age of eighteen, they will serve in the Imperial Guards and the Yulin Army for two years, during which time they will be able to get close to the emperor and the royal children, and if they are selected to become royal concubines or concubines, it will be the real purpose of these officials to send their children there. Of course, there is another purpose, that is, the eunuchs can let their children choose their marriage partners in a good way.

Wang Chenhao didn't know the little Jiujiu in the hearts of these officials at first, but later he knew about it, and he didn't object, because it was very helpful for the long-term existence of the imperial family.

Zhang Feng hit Wang Shizhen mercilessly, mainly because Zhang Feng's two sons all served in the Royal Forest Army, especially the eldest son, who performed well and was selected to serve in the special operations team, as a father, Zhang Feng obviously did not want to send his son to the battlefield, and he was also waiting for his eldest son to marry the eldest princess of the empire after his service, so he was unwilling to do so.

Wang Shizhen was almost choked to death by Zhang Feng's words, secretly glanced at Wang Chenhao, and then whispered to Zhang Feng: "You are too damaged, you want to kill me?" ”

Zhang Feng glanced at Wang Shizhen angrily.

Wang Chenhao thought for a while and said: "It is said that the Praetorian Guards around me are vases, since Wang Shizhen you proposed, then let them try, and let other brother troops gossip." ”

"Your Majesty!" Zhang Feng was about to object, but Wang Chenhao interrupted him with a wave of his hand, and said: "I have made up my mind, this time I will give you Wang Shizhen a face, and I will transfer whichever you like about the Praetorian Guard and the Imperial Forest Army." ”

Wang Shizhen hurriedly said respectfully: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

Wang Chenhao suddenly smiled and said, "As for the Yulin Army, I can also discuss it with the queen on my behalf." ”

Wang Shizhen was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Weichen will never dare!" Please don't mention this to the queen, Weichen is really frightened. ”

"It's just a joke, you don't have to take it seriously!"

Wang Chenhao suddenly laughed, and the ministers also laughed, Wang Shizhen was embarrassed, and there was a cold sweat behind his back, secretly begging to offend no one in the harem, especially the group of aunts and grandmothers in Yulin Army, they are all young ladies with backgrounds, offending them is equivalent to offending all the bureaucrats and families of the empire, it is not a joke.

After everyone laughed, Wang Chenhao said with a straight face: "The ugly words are said in front, what do you want, I give you, all departments will fully cooperate with you, and you must make the Wa Kingdom submit in a short time, otherwise-"

Wang Shizhen hurriedly said: "The ministers will accept the guilt!" ”

Wang Chenhao nodded and said, "Then it's decided, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will prevaricate the Entente for the time being." ”

Wang Chenhao made a decision, Zhang Feng and others no longer objected, and the topic soon moved on to the next one, regarding Germany's request for the Chinese Empire to relax export restrictions, Germany hopes to import and upgrade submarines, M10 combat vehicles, the original Cat Demon fighter, the original H1N1 bomber, as well as white phosphorus bombs, poison gas bombs and other weapons of mass destruction, in addition, the German Navy hopes to break out of the North Sea into the Atlantic, hoping that the Chinese Empire can help.

Wang Shizhen said: "The empire is successively serving the most powerful Tang-class submarines, so the upgraded submarines can be appropriately reduced for export. The M10 vehicle exposed a series of problems in the war against Japan, and the Army Engineering Administration is improving the M15 tank in response to these problems, so that it can also reduce the performance export. The foreign trade version of the Cat Demon fighter and the H1N1 bomber have been exported to European countries, and European countries are stepping up imitation, so we need to export the original aircraft with better performance to hit the domestic aircraft industry of European countries. After the United States entered the war, the huge American population was estimated to be able to mobilize 10 million troops to fight the war, and the huge number of troops increased the pressure on the side of the allies, so I suggested that white phosphorus bombs and poison gas bombs could be exported, and let the Westerners eat the dogs themselves, and the greater their population casualties, the safer it would be for us in the East. As for the German Navy's desire for us to help break out of the North Sea and into the Atlantic, I think it's okay, after all, once the main fleet of the US Navy arrives in Europe, it will be difficult for the German Navy to withstand it, and if it can break through the British blockade, maybe European maritime power can return to the balance point. ”

Wu Tingfang added: "The German side has expressed its willingness to make up for the losses caused by the United States' entry into the war to the Reich's trade with the Entente, and as long as the Reich stops exporting advanced weapons and strategic materials to the Entente countries, the Allied side will fully compensate for our losses." ”

Wang Chenhao nodded and said, "It seems that the allies really feel the danger this time, so they have begun to woo us at any cost." ”

Zhang Feng said: "Your Majesty, this is a good thing. If the Allies are willing to make up for our trade losses with the Allies, we will not lose much even if the Allies end their trade with us. ”

Wang Chenhao asked: "What countermeasures did you take to break through the British blockade of the German Navy?" ”

Wang Shizhen looked at the Minister of the Navy, Deng Shichang, who then came out and replied: "Your Majesty, our intelligence reconnaissance warships deployed in the North Sea, the Atlantic, and the Mediterranean Sea have mastered the telecommunications codes of the Allied and Allied navies, and our military observers in various countries have also secretly mastered the flag communication between their navies, and they are well aware of the dynamics and tactical deployments of the navies of various countries. ”

Wang Shizhen added: "Now that we have mastered their telecommunications codes and banners, we can tempt and confuse the enemy, deploy ahead of the enemy, and grasp their tactical deployment in a timely manner during battle." ”

Wang Chenhao thought about it and understood its meaning, which was nothing more than using the empire's advanced intelligence detection capabilities to trap the other party, and then set up an ambush to trap the other party.

Deng Shichang continued: "We have decided to send electronic reconnaissance ships to cooperate with the German High Seas Fleet to rush out of the North Sea, but given that the US Navy is about to leave for Europe, it is necessary to create an opportunity for the German Navy to inflict heavy damage on the British Navy. ”

Wang Chenhao asked, "Then do you have any plans?" ”

Deng Shichang then said: "Our plan is for the German Navy to deliberately release the news that it wants to break through the North Sea into the Atlantic, induce the British main fleet to dispatch, inform the German Navy of the intercepted British main fleet, and ambush the British Navy at the predetermined location. ”

Wang Chenhao questioned: "However, even if the British Navy is ambushed by the German Navy, it may not be severely damaged. After all, the German Navy had no actual combat experience, and there was no absolute chance of victory in a war against Britain that had occupied Britain at sea for hundreds of years. ”

Wang Shizhen added: "We will sell the German submarine to the German promotion and make it ambush at the predetermined location. At the same time, our communications jamming ships will suddenly launch at a critical moment to block the radio communications of the British Navy, thereby paralyzing the command system of the British Navy and creating an opportunity for the German Navy. ”

Deng Shichang said: "The German Navy, with the help of the Reich, is not much less than the capital ships of the British Navy in terms of the number of capital ships, and the British Navy cannot send the capital ships out of the nest, so as long as the German Navy is out of the nest, it is sure that the British Navy will be severely damaged." ”

Wang Chenhao nodded and said: "If this war succeeds in severely damaging the British Navy, then the United States will not be able to break the balance in Europe in a short period of time, and the European war will have to be fought for a long time, which is in the interests of the empire." ”

Zhang Feng also understood, so he said: "If the German High Seas Fleet can enter the Atlantic, then with the promotion submarines we gave them, it will soon hit the British and American sea supply lines, and the United States will not be able to withstand this kind of consumption no matter how rich it is, and if it is used well, the German Navy will also drag down the American economy." ”

Of course, Wang Chenhao hoped that the German Navy would enter the Atlantic, and it would be very lively, and Britain and the United States would have to vomit blood.

After the Imperial Meeting, Zhang Feng, Wang Shizhen, and Wu Tingfang respectively sent notes to the German ambassador to China, Hai Jing, and held secret consultations with Hai Jing to discuss in detail such matters as expanding the scale of exports of weapons and equipment and strategic materials to Germany, upgrading the technical level of equipment, and secretly helping the German Navy break through the British blockade.

On March 8, 1915, the Chinese Empire signed the largest trade contract with the German Empire since the outbreak of World War. Germany imported 45 million bags of flour, 1.3 million tons of canned meat, 1.2 million tons of industrial alcohol, 2 million tons of edible oil, 4 million tons of finished gasoline and diesel, 10 million tons of oil, 1.3 million horses of cloth, 1 million tons of special steel, and 1 million tons of cement from major trading companies in the Chinese Empire. The military procured 50 upgraded submarines, including 20 active submarines with sonar dismantled, to support the German Navy in its breakthrough of the British Navy's blockade. 200 M10 tanks, as the Chinese Empire continued to export M07 tanks to the Entente countries, Germany purchased an additional 100000 anti-materiel rifles for anti-M07 tank armor. There were 500 Cat Demon fighters, and only 100 were provided in the first batch, and each Thunderbolt fighter built by the Chinese Empire was exported to Germany instead of an active Cat Demon fighter. There were 200 H1N1 bombers, and the replacement H1N1 bombers were handed over to the Luftwaffe for every H2N1 bomber produced by the Chinese Empire. 4,000 white phosphorus bombs, 10,000 poison gas bombs, 3,000 M2 heavy machine guns, 10,000 M10 light machine guns, because the weapons system of the Chinese Empire was not common to the German army, so Germany had to buy the weapons of the Chinese Empire and also had to buy ammunition, and the other standard and additional supplies totaled 1.3 million tons of ammunition.

The supplies were to be transported to Germany via the Baghdad Railway, and the Chinese Empire was responsible for the insurance along the way, for which Germany paid an additional 5% of the total insurance and transportation costs.

Because Germany's foreign exchange reserves have long been depleted, most of the currencies of European countries have depreciated, and the Chinese Empire used to accept US dollars, but with the entry of the United States into the war, the US dollar is no longer insured, so it does not accept the national currency of any country except the dragon currency, and the more than 3 billion dragon coins of Germany's trade reserves with the Chinese Empire over the years have long been exhausted half a year ago.

As a last resort, Germany had to ship 600 tons of gold and 8,200 tons of silver from the treasury to the Imperial Bank of China as collateral.

From then on, the gold and silver reserves of Europe's first industrial power and economy began to flow out to the Chinese Empire, and as the war situation became more and more tense, Germany and other Allied powers became more dependent on the supplies of the Chinese Empire, so that a large amount of gold and silver in their treasury were lost and loaded into the Chinese Empire's treasury.

On the other hand, the Chinese Empire continued to export supplies to the Allied countries by sea and air, and although the total orders of the Allied countries to China in 1915 were still about 2.8 billion dragon dollars, these were documents signed last year, and this year they were only delivered on time. Since the United States entered the war, the Allied countries' orders for China have dropped from $2.9 billion in the second quarter of last year to $1 billion in the same period in the second quarter of this year.

Of course, the Chinese Empire also expected this, so it also began to reduce the export of high-tech and advanced weapons to the Entente, and the weapons and equipment to the Entente countries were one grade lower than the weapons and equipment supplied to the Allies at the same time, and the quantity was also greatly reduced, basically exporting civilian materials, and military materials began to restrict the export to the Entente countries, in order to protest against the Entente's acceptance of the United States into the war.

Although the Entente had anticipated the wrath of the Chinese Empire, the Allies were able to get the United States into the war, and the overall gains outweighed the losses.

However, the Entente were overjoyed, they only saw that after the United States entered the war, the strength of the Entente was stronger than that of the Central Powers, but they ignored the feelings of the Chinese Empire, which had always looked at the United States unpleasantly, and they forgot the degree of hostility of the Chinese Empire towards the United States, and if the Entente knew that they could foresee the consequences, they would not have let the United States join the Entente camp, because the United States ostensibly brought the Entente hope of victory, but in fact attracted more powerful enemies to the Entente.

While the Entente was happily receiving the "Made in the USA" materials and directing the American soldiers chewing gum, the German General Staff Headquarters was secretly arranging plans with the Chinese Imperial Commissioners in Germany.

The German government paid close attention to this matter, and Kaiser Wilhelm II was personally involved in the development of the plan.

Germany had to break through the British naval blockade and enter the Atlantic before the main fleet of the US Navy arrived in Europe. Admiral Lin Taizeng, the head of the Imperial Chinese Navy's Military Command, took the opportunity of his visit to Germany to actually become the honorary chief of the General Staff of the German Army.

On the orders of the Emperor of China and the General Staff, Lin Tai drew up a detailed breakout plan for the German High Seas Fleet, and planned a naval battle in order to inflict heavy damage on the British Navy, so that it would not be able to stop the German Navy's actions after entering the Atlantic for a short time.

At this time, despite the fact that the German Navy was blocked in the North Sea by the British Navy, Germany did not lag much behind the British in terms of the number of ships and the tonnage of displacement. Due to the strong support of the Chinese Empire, Germany obtained the key technology of the capital ship from the Chinese Empire, and the caliber and number of guns of its capital ship were not weaker than those of the British Navy.

For 28 months after the start of the war, Britain imposed a naval blockade on Germany by virtue of its naval superiority. The British main fleet squatted like a watchdog in the port of Scapaflo and stared at the German high seas fleet, so that it was trapped in Wilhelmshaven and Bremerhaven for most of the time, becoming a veritable "presence fleet".

However, the reason for this situation was not that the German Navy was weak in battleships, but that the German Navy had no real combat experience. The German Navy was established almost at the same time as the Beiyang Naval Division, but the Imperial Chinese Navy fought countless naval battles of all sizes and accumulated rich experience before it could compete with the British Navy. But the German Navy had not fought a decent naval battle, and obviously did not dare to PK with the British Navy easily, which caused the German Navy to be trapped in the North Sea.

In March 1915, the German High Seas Fleet had 32 battleships and battlecruisers, and 62 old battleships, armored cruisers, and cruisers. All the new capital ships can follow the fleet for the main decisive battle, and it is enough to leave the old warships for defense on the mainland.

At this time, the British Navy had 47 dreadnought and super-dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers, surpassing the German High Seas Fleet in number. However, since the British Navy was repaired by the Imperial Chinese Navy, the old battleships, first-class cruisers, and second-class cruisers were lost, and the large-scale warships rebuilt by Britain in the later period could not reach the peak level. As a result, in order to defend the homeland and protect the supply lines of life at sea, Britain had to draw warships from the main fleet to defend the mainland and patrol the oceans against German submarines and protect British merchant ships. In this way, although the British Navy had more capital ships than the German Navy, there were actually only 35 capital ships that could actually be put into the decisive battle at sea.

After Lin Tai explained this to William and Tirpitz, he immediately dispelled their concerns and made them agree to plan a capital ship Armageddon.

After solving this prerequisite problem, and helping to build the confidence of the German Navy's top brass, Lin Tai asked for the selection of a commander of the German Navy's High Seas Fleet who would dare to fight a big battle.

Reinhard? Admiral Schell had visited the Imperial Chinese Navy many times, and was well acquainted with Lin Taizeng and other senior officials of the Imperial Chinese Navy, and at the suggestion of the Chinese Empire, Kaiser Wilhelm II appointed Schell as commander of the German High Seas Fleet.

Schell himself is aggressive, he has always been eager to fight with the main fleet of the British Navy in order to establish the hegemony of the German Navy, and at the same time he also wants to use a beautiful naval battle to enhance his popularity, like Lin Jianzhang, Du Xigui, Li Dingxin, Ye Zugui and others in the Chinese Empire, to become one of the world's top naval generals, this is his dream, but also his greatest goal in life.

After Lin Tai helped the German Navy select the commander of the High Seas Fleet, he began to work with Wilhelm II, Moltke Jr., Tirpitz, Schell and others to develop specific battle plans.

Lin Tai had first listened to the battle plan of the German side, and saw that the Germans' plan was very bad, so he took out the battle plan drawn up by the Imperial Admiralty of China for the German High Seas Fleet.

Linté had devised a bold offensive plan for the German Navy: first, a series of hit-and-run raids along the British coast with a handful of battleships and cruisers would lure part of the British fleet to sea, sacrificing some of the old ships if necessary in order to paralyze the British navy.

When the British Navy was accustomed to attacking the German Navy with a detachment and was accustomed to Germany's fragile mentality, it immediately released the false news that a detachment of German battle cruisers was preparing to enter the Atlantic, so that the British Navy dispatched half of its capital ships to intercept it, and then the German High Seas Fleet concentrated its main force to annihilate it, and then defeated the British main fleet in a decisive battle.

In fact, at this time, the German Navy was vulnerable in the eyes of the British Navy, and in more than two years of more than a dozen naval battles, the German Navy attacked the east coast of Britain many times, and all of them were hit-and-run, or lost part of their strength, and the British Navy had long been paralyzed, so the first step of the plan could be skipped.

However, Tirbitz raised doubts, and he wondered what method Lintze had used to convince the British that the German naval sortie was only a detachment of battlecruisers, and not the main fleet.

In order to convince the Germans, Lin Tai took out a cracked German Navy codebook and several secret telegrams. Tirpitz was shocked, and only then did he know how powerful the Chinese Empire was to crack the intricate radio code of the German navy. At the same time, Lin Tai had told Tirpitz that the British had cracked the radio code of the German navy, so they could adopt the tactics of tricking the British navy.

Later, Tirpitz asked Lin Tai if he had cracked the British Navy codebook, and Lin Tai only said that he had captured many British Navy codebooks before.

Tirpitz continued to ask deeply, and Lin Taizeng had no choice but to reassure him: "Don't worry, we will let you know when you most want to know the information on the movements, strength, and purpose of the British navy." ”

Lin Tai would not have told the Germans that we had a powerful technology for deciphering radio codes, but Tirpitz could not understand Lin Taizeng's words, and his face suddenly became happy, and he actively studied the entire battle plan with Lin Taizeng.

Lin Tai and Tirpitz studied more than a dozen ambush sites, and finally knocked a few times on the waters near Jutland in Denmark, and said, "I think this is it!" ”